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1. Helen is studying one of the qualitative variables from the large data set for Heathrow
from 2015.
She started with the data from 3rd May and then took every 10th reading.
There were only 3 different outcomes with the following frequencies

Outcome A B C

Frequency 16 2 1

(a) State the sampling technique Helen used.

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(b) From your knowledge of the large data set
(i) suggest which variable was being studied,
(ii) state the name of outcome A.
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George is also studying the same variable from the large data set for Heathrow from 2015.
He started with the data from 5th May and then took every 10th reading and obtained
the following

Outcome A B C

Frequency 16 1 1

Helen and George decided they should examine all of the data for this variable for
Heathrow from 2015 and obtained the following

Outcome A B C

Frequency 155 26 3

(c) State what inference Helen and George could reliably make from their original
samples about the outcomes of this variable at Heathrow, for the period covered by
the large data set in 2015.
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2. (a) State one disadvantage of using quota sampling compared with simple random
sampling.
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In a university 8% of students are members of the university dance club.
A random sample of 36 students is taken from the university.
The random variable X represents the number of these students who are members of the dance club.
(b) Using a suitable model for X, find
(i) P(X = 4)
(ii) P(X  7)
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Only 40% of the university dance club members can dance the tango.
(c) Find the probability that a student is a member of the university dance club and can
dance the tango.
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A random sample of 50 students is taken from the university.
(d) Find the probability that fewer than 3 of these students are members of the
university dance club and can dance the tango.
(2)
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Question 1 continued.
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3. Stav is studying the large data set for September 2015

He codes the variable Daily Mean Pressure, x, using the formula y = x − 1010
The data for all 30 days from Hurn are summarised by

∑ y = 214     ∑ y2 = 5912
(a) State the units of the variable x
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(b) Find the mean Daily Mean Pressure for these 30 days.
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(c) Find the standard deviation of Daily Mean Pressure for these 30 days.
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Stav knows that, in the UK, winds circulate
• in a clockwise direction around a region of high pressure
• in an anticlockwise direction around a region of low pressure
The table gives the Daily Mean Pressure for 3 locations from the large data set on 26/09/2015

Location Heathrow Hurn Leuchars

Daily Mean Pressure 1029 1028 1028

Cardinal Wind Direction

The Cardinal Wind Directions for these 3 locations on 26/09/2015 were, in random order,

W     NE     E

You may assume that these 3 locations were under a single region of pressure.
(d) Using your knowledge of the large data set, place each of these Cardinal Wind
Directions in the correct location in the table.
Give a reason for your answer.
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